CPU Decision

[sybaris]

Hi
I have a 7 year old rig. Currently running an i7 4770K which has been clocked to 4.5ghz and been pretty stable all this time.
I use my PC for everything, work stuff, gaming, streaming etc.

I am now starting to play with VMs and am planning to run several VMs I am looking to build a new PC.
I've always had intel but I am open to the new Ryzen 9's as well as i9 and i7. Budget for a CPU is about
£600.

What do you recommend?
I'm planning on either 64gb or 128gb or RAM anyway depending on how many VMs I decide to run.

 

[sybaris]

What are you looking to use the VMs for?

Looking to get technical and want to build windows servers, sql, exchange, linux and do some virtual networking. Also some gaming though I am not a hard core FPS at a million frame rates

 

[sybaris]

thanks everyone, I figured go for the 5900x and spend the extra on the RAM rather than go for a 5950 and less RAM, I won't have all the VMs running at the same time or all the time, I am building them for learning purposes
so yes there may be times when I have a few running and times when I may only have the base PC running.

 

[sybaris]

So how does the 5900x compare to an i7 or an i9 if I can't source a 5900x ?